adagio

Speech parts

1. adagio - Noun

2. adagio - Adjective

3. adagio - Adverb

5. adagio - Adjective Satellite

6. Adagio - Proper noun

Meaning

Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.

A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lento slow slowly leisurely allegro largo nocturne forte andante measured heavily arrangement piano afterwards sustained
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Antonyms

allegro FAST straightaway against the clock lightning fast frenetically
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Hypernyms

opus piece dance composition passage dancing

Examples

Waves from moving sources: Adagio. Andante. Allegro moderato. Oliver Heaviside

my hands dead my heart dead silence adagio of rocks the world ablaze that's the best for me. Charles Bukowski

Translation 1: [...] I [...] have my own ideal, which I have served faithfully, though silently, for half a year; of which I dream, to thoughts of which the adagio of my concerto belongs, and which this morning inspired the little waltz I am sending you. Frédéric Chopin

they played the adagio too quickly Source: Internet

here you must play adagio Source: Internet

He also strengthened his relationship with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra – he conducted all nine completed Mahler symphonies with them (plus the adagio from the 10th) in the period from 1967 to 1976. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

adage adagial adagietto adagissimo adagrasib adah